Category Archives: Ethics and Compliance program

It is essential for international companies to have a Compliance Program in order to prevent misconducts, illegal payments and more importantly corruption of civil servants. Further to the introduction of the FCPA in the seventies in the USA, some years later the OECD has issued its convention on bribery and corruption in 1997 and has mobilized many… Read More »

More than ever, Business Ethics is a priority for international companies which can be severely damaged if they don’t take care of this important topic. Corruption of a public servant is a crime and penalized as such. In this respect, the corruption risk exists for companies as soon as they use the services of Third Party… Read More »

How do You Manage Third Party Relationship Risks ? Jean-Daniel Lainé, Alstom SVP Ethics and Compliance was co-chairing the C5’s Second Forum on Managing Third Party Relationship Risks, October 23 and 24, 2012 at the Hotel Lutecia in Paris. ETHIC Intelligence has posted a note written by Jean-Daniel Lainé on the management of Third Party Relationship… Read More »

The level of cooperation between the enforcement authorities in France (Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office), USA (Department Of Justice), UK (Serious Fraud Office) and everywhere in the world obliges the companies to adopt a global approach in terms of Anti-corruption, Compliance with Competition Law and more generally Business Ethics.

Dealing with Third Parties represents a major risk for companies with global operation worldwide. Companies relying on Third Parties may be fully liable for the misconduct or improper payments made by such Third Parties.

Minimizing the Third Party Risks

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